下載聲音檔請點我 下載填空卷請點我 下載解析版請點我 Appetizers Can Psychologically Spoil Your Appetite Mediocre main dishes 口味平庸的主菜 taste even worse when they follow delectable 美味的 appetizers—an example of the so-called " hedonic effect ."享樂效應 Erika Beras reports Lots of things influence how your dinner may taste to you: how it’s presented on a plate, how hungry you are and of course, your taste buds 味蕾 . But researchers wanted to know if early courses— appetizers 開胃菜 —influence the taste of a meal, and truly do whet your appetite 刺激食欲 . Researchers had 64 volunteers eat one of two meals. The meals were the same— bruschetta 普切塔 ( 香料烤麵包加番茄香料小點 ) as an appetizer and an entrée 主菜 of pasta with garlic and oil . The pasta that everyone got was prepared to be only so-so. But some of the volunteers first got a bruschetta that was made to be mediocre 普通的 , while the others got one that was stellar. 好吃到爆的 ( 原意是卓越、極佳的 ) Then the volunteers rated the meals. And people who at...